Hello Australia!! - At least four are shot dead in America's latest bloodbath - The Sea Shepherd rescues a humpback from danger and gets it on video - What nasty chemical is lurking in some of the world's most famous beer? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Three people and a gunman are dead, and 14 are recovering from gunshot wounds in another episode of America's out-of-control gun culture.  The gunman was or had been an employee of Excel lawnmowers in Hesston, Kansas in the US heartland.  Witnesses said he was armed with a handgun and an assault weapon.  He opened fire in the parking lot and inside the business until a police officer arrived and shot him.  Kansas has some of the most lax gun laws in the United States of Dystopia.  This comes less than a week after an Uber driver in Kalamazoo, Michigan shot and killed six people in a shooting spree.

The US aquatic amusement park SeaWorld is admitting that it sent employees out to pose as animal activists to spy on its critics.  CEO Joel Manby said in a statement that SeaWorld would no longer use such practices, which became known last year when one of its would-be spies got caught.  The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) accused a SeaWorld employee of trying to incite violence among peaceful protesters whilst pretending to be an activist.  SeaWorld's park attendance and profits are way down after the release of the film Blackfish, which documents abuse of Orcas.

The crew of Sea Shepherd‘s research vessel R/V Martin Sheen rescued a humpback whale that got entangled in an illegal gillnet used by rogue fishers.  This happened last week in the Vaquita Marine Refuge in the Gulf of California off Baja California, Mexico, and Sea Sherpherd is releasing the video now.  "It was heartbreaking to see this whale entangled in a net, but we managed to save it and after four hours of hard work, the whale swam free!" the group said on its Facebook page.  The same crew found a humpback mother and calf tanlged in another illegal net in the same area on Christmas Eve, but it was too late for those two animals.  Sea Shepherd applied for permission to remove such nets as they find them, and Mexico granted it on New Year's Eve. 

The HMAS Canberra is en route to Fiji and is expected to arrived by Tuesday.  The Royal Navy boat was stocked up with fifty tonnes of emergency aid including water, food, and medical supplies.  NGO's on the ground say the basic supplies of life - clothing, cooking supplies, personal hygiene items - are sorely needed.  Fiji's government says the price tag for the damage from Tropical Cyclone Winston is likely to be $650 Million.  Oz is contributing more than eight-hundred and fifty people from the Australian Army, Navy and the Air Force as well as 96 vehicles and three helicopters to the Fiji Relief effort.

Traces of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate have been found in Germany's 14 most popular beers.  The environmental group Munich Environmental Institute (Umweltinstitut München) said all the beers tested showed glyphosate levels above the 0.1 microgram limit allowed in drinking water.  Glyphosate is the chemical nightmare found in Monsanto's Round-Up herbicide, and has been labelled a probable carcinogenic by the UN World Health Organization.  

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